Improved apparatus foe sprouting malt



No. 76,624. PATENTED APR. 14, 1.868.

- vJ. GEGMEN.

APPARATUS FOR SPROUTING MALT.

JosEPH eEoMEmio-r oHIcAeo, ILLINOIS,

mim Parent N o. 76,624, dans Apro 14, 186s.'

IMPROVE-APPARATUS FOR SPROUTING MALT.

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'ro ALL WHOM 1T MAY ooNcEnNt Be itknown that I, JOSEPH GECMN, ofChicago, in the county of Cook, und Stnte of Illinois, have invented anew and useful' Improvement in Apparatusfor Sprouting Mult; and I dohereby declare and multe` known that the following vis :s full, clear,und exact description o f-,tlie same, reference'bein'ghed to theaccompanying drawings, und the letters and 4iiguresmnrked thereon, whichforni partei' this specicstion.

My invention consistsin a. norol apparatus, in which 'barley maybesubjected to the sprouting process preperstory to 'beingdriedin n kiln.

To enable those skilled in the art-to understand how tol construct anduse my invention, I will proceed to describe the s'sm'e withpsrticulsrty, mling referen e,in so doing, to theoforesud drawings, inwhich-'f- Figure 1- represents-a. side eley'ationof my invention',-

Figure 2 is n verticalcentrnl section lof the spul/e, and

Figui-eig is n plnu or top view thereof. A

Similar letters of reference in the several gures denoto'the suine partsof my' invention.,l

represents the woll enclosing the app'erotus, which inny `beoi' anysuitable mntcrinl,'end of any required size and height, undwhich isprovided with a door, B, throughiwhich s. person muy enter into th'osold enclosure oi: the apparatus. In th bottom of said enclosure is olargo shallow vessel, covering or substnntielly'covefing theoreeenclosed by the walls, which is inode to containA water. Into thisvessel a steampipemny bo introduced, so as to keep the'wuter ist theproper tenipeuture in winter dhd there isnlso u. water-pipe,1i`,ipl`ovided `with s sprinkler, S, through which vwater i s` injected, asshown, forming e spray, filling the aix? with'A moisture, which,passing'up through the barley, causes it to, sprout, as desired. --Oneor more of these jets or fountains my be used, according to the size orcapacity of'the sppsrntus.

In the upper port of thenpprntus is arranged wseries of iloors, eachbeingcompose-doi` n'urrow sections,

a, supported upon journals at 'euch end, so as to be tipped upcdgewisnwhen desircd,.to allow the groin 'lto:drop down below. i i' A IUpon one end lof .each of the sections composing'- each floor, al crunk,b, projects through the v.wnlls' of the apparatus, upon which isixedafbnr'LD, -sothgt/bymoving said bfzirs, the floors, respectively,may be closed'or opened, as desired. Below the' said floors is:in-inclined chute, upon which the sp'routed-grnin goes out'of'theapparatusutc?. A t itis upper ond is an' opening, through whichrthemoist air rises and permeates the grain lying upon the floors,l n chute,c, directly over said opening, preventing the grain from falling throughinrthe water, as shown. i l Y -v The number of doors should beabout-ilegible the number required to spread thequnntitfy of barley tobe sprouted, the middle floor and those aboveibcing'illed. Then thegrain upon each door should be let down upon the floor, immediatelybelow oncej'xl aboutsix hours, until' the whole iemand-successivelylowered-,'-nto the lower half of the series, when it is'precipitotedupon the chute E, and goes ut of the apparatus; or, if desired, Vfewero'ors may be used, the grain "gong" out being'carried up by on elevator,und passed through' the appsratus until sproutedsuiciently', as desired.I 1

It will be observed that the moistened nir can .pass freely through theinterstices in the doors; lso es tocsuie in contact'with all the grainupon the door.

The 'grain must first be. soaked before being put into the apparatus. I

Hering described the construction and op'crn'tiou of my invention, Iwill now specify what I claim, and desire to secure hy'Lettex-s]int'ent.v

1. In combination with-a water-chamber, Lfnud chute E, I claim theorrnngement'of-a series of doors, constructed substantiallyy usand-,furthe purposes set forth; i

2. I claim `the conibinution of u. series of loors, constructed asdescribed, with' a chamber,L', and fountain 4S, substantially as and`For the purposes described.

` JOS. GECMEN.

Witnesses:

W; E. Mssns' L. L.` Comms.

